• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.49-53
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• 2001

Vortical etching experiments of ($SrBi_2Ta_2O_9$)/Si thin films have been performed by using the inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching (ICP-ME) apparatus. The purposes of these experiments are to get the effective area of vertical surface. Because this technology is very important to get good qualities of ferroelectric gate structure, capacitor and the minimum parasitic effects related to the excellent performances of the FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) device. The reacting gases were Ar and $Cl_2$gases, and various $Ar/C1_2$flow ratios were used. The etching experiments were carried out at various RF powers such as 700, 700, 500W and at various DC powers such as 200, 150, 100, 50W, respectively. The maximum etch rate of $SrBi_2Ta_2O_9$/Si thin films was 1050 A/min at the $Ar/C1_2$ gas ratio of 20/16, RF power of 700 W and DC power of 200 W. From the SEM (scanning electron microscopy) image of the SBT thin films, the wall angle was as good as about $82^{\circ}$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.127-127
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• 2000

다이아몬드상 카본(Diamond-like Carbon, DLC) 필름은 비정질 재료로서 다이아몬드와 유사한 높은 경도, 내마모성, 화학적 안정성, 그리고 광학적 특성을 가지고 있으며, 낮은 마찰계수와 높은 탄성률 등으로 인해 많은 분야에서 응용이 연구되고 있는 재료이다. 그러나 DLC 필름이 이러한 우수한 특성이 가지고 있음에도 불구하고 수 GPa에 이르는 높은 압축 잔류 응력으로 인해 응용에 제약을 받고 있다. 이러한 압축 잔류 응력이 상당한 값에 이르게 되면 기판의 구속에서 벗어나게 되어, 기판으로부터 떨어지게 되고 굽힘을 받게 되는 delamination buckling 현상이 일어나기도 한다. 본 연구에서는 높은 잔류 응력으로 인해 자연적으로 발생하는 buckling 현상과 식각 과정을 통해 인위적으로 기판의 제한으로부터 필름을 완화시키는 freehang 방법을 이용하여 필름이 기판에 접착되는데 필요한 에너지를 평가하려고 한다. 본 실험에서는 rf-PACVD 장비를 이용하여 필름을 증착하였다. 이때 전극과 플라즈마 사이의 바이어스 음전압은 -100~700 Vb로 변화를 주었으며, 합성압력은 9mTorr로 고정하였다. 사용한 반응 가스는 메탄(CH4)이고, 아르곤(Ar)을 이용하여 모든 실험에서 동일하게 기판을 전처리 하였다. buckling 현상을 관찰하기 위해 사용된 기판은 slide glass이고, freehang을 제작하기 위해 사용된 기판은 (100) p-type Si wafer 이다. freehang 제작시 사용한 식각 용액은 KOH(5.6mol)이며 외부 요인을 제거하기 위해 7$0^{\circ}C$ 항온조를 사용하였다. Buckling 된 필름과 freehang은 광학 현미경과 전자 주사 현미경에 의해 관찰되었으며, 사인 함수 형태의 곡면을 가지고 있었다. 또한 freehang 제작시 각각의 주기와 진폭을 통해, 필름과 기판사이의 계면에너지와 buckling 되면서 새로 생성된 두 표면에너지 차이를 구할 수 있게 되고, 이를 통해 접착에너지를 평가할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.118-118
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• 1999

CVD방법에 의한 TiN 박막 형성에 있어서 ICP-CVD 방법이 대두되고 있다. 이것은 precursor에 대한 radical 형성, 식각된 패턴에서 양 벽의 self-shadowing 효과, 낮은 tress등으로 dense 한 박막을 얻을 수 있기 때문이다. TiN 박막은 Si 기판의 온도를 상온에서 50$0^{\circ}C$까지 유지하면서 TEMAT의 유량을 5-20sccm으로 변화시키면서 증착하였다. 증착 후 TiN 박막의 결정화에 따른 열처리는 Ar과 N2-가스분위기에서 in-situ로 증착하였다. 증착 후 TiN 박막증착 조건수립에 따른 플라즈마 특성진단은 전자의 온도와 밀도, 평균 전자밀도, 이온 에너지 분포, radical 분포, negative 이온분포 등으로 측정하였다. 플라즈마 변수에 따른 TiN 박막의 결정성과 상 변화는 XRD로 분석하였고, 조성비 및 TiN 박막의 원소화학적 상태, 결합에너지, 각 상에 따른 결합 에너지 천이정도, 초기 형성과정 및 반응기구 등은 RBS와 XPS로 조사하였다. TiN 박막의 표면상태, morphology 거칠기, TiN/Si(100)구조에서 계면상태 등은 SEM, AFM, 그리고 HRTEM으로 분석하였다. TiN 구조 박막의 비저항, carrier concentration 그리고 mobility 측정은 박막의 표면이 균일하고 bls-홀이 없는 것으로 하여 4-point probe 방법으로 측정하였다. 이들 분석으로부터 ICP-CVD 방법에 의하여 형성된 TiN 박막이 초고집적 반도체 소자의 contact barrier layer로서의 적용 가능성을 평가하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.169-175
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• 1998

The plasma etching of polysilicon was performed with the HBr/$Cl_2/He-O_2$ gas mixture. The residual layers after photoresist strip were investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The etch residue was identified as silicon oxide deposited on the top of the patterned polysilicon. In order to clarify the formation mechanism of the etch residue, the effects of various gas mixtures such as $Cl_2/He-O_2$and HBr/$Cl_2$were investigated. We found that the etch residue is well formed in the presence of oxygen, suggesting that the etch residue is caused by the reaction of oxvgen and non-volatile silicon halide compounds. Wet cleaning and dry etch cleaning processes were applied to remove the polysilicon etch residue, which can affect the electrical characteristics and further device processes. XPS results show that the wet cleaning is suitable for the removal of the etch residue.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.23 no.10
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• pp.747-751
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• 2010

In the study, the characteristics of the etched Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films surface, the etch rate of ZnO thin film in $Cl_2/BCl_3/Ar$ plasma was investigated. The maximum ZnO etch rate of 53 nm/min was obtained for $Cl_2/BCl_3/Ar$=3:16:4 sccm gas mixture. According to the x-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), the etched ZnO thin film was investigated to the chemical reaction of the ZnO surface in $Cl_2/BCl_3/Ar$ plasma. The field emission auger electron spectroscopy (FE-AES) analysis showed an elemental analysis from the etched surfaces. According to the etching time, the ZnO thin film of etched was obtained to The AES depth-profile analysis. We used to atomic force microscopy to determine the roughness of the surface. So, the root mean square of ZnO thin film was 17.02 in $Cl_2/BCl_3/Ar$ plasma. Based on these data, the ion-assisted chemical reaction was proposed as the main etch mechanism for the plasmas.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.395-402
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• 1997

The $SiO_2$ films were prepared by ECR(electron cyclotron resonance) plasma diffusion method, Deal-Grove model and Wolters-Zegers-van Duynhoven model were used to estimate the oxidation rate which was correlated with surface morphology for different orientation of Si(100) and Si(111). It was seen the $SiO_2$ thickness increased linearly with initial oxidation time. But oxidation rate slightly decrease with oxidation time. It was also shown that the oxidation process was controlled by the diffusion of the reactive species through the oxide layer rather than by the reaction rate at the oxide interface. The similar time dependency has been observed for thermal and plasma oxidation of silicon. From D-G model and W-Z model, the oxidation rate of Si(111) was 1.13 times greater than Si(100) because Si(111) had higher diffusion and reaction rate, these models more closely fits the experimental data. The $SiO_2$ surface roughness was found to be uniform at experimental conditions without etching although oxidation rate was increased, and to be nonuniform due to etching at experimental condition with higher microwave power and closer substrate distance.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.422-429
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• 2011

Dependence of radical and ion density on electron density and temperature is numerically investigated for $Cl_2$/Ar, $CF_4$, $CF_4/O_2$, $CF_4/H_2$, $C_2F_6$, $C_4F_8$ and $SF_6$ discharges which are widely used for etching process. We derived a governing equation set for radical and ion densities as functions of the electron density and temperature, which are easier to measure relatively, from continuity equations by assuming steady state condition. Used rate coefficients of reactions in numerical calculations are directly produced from collisional cross sections or collected from various papers. If the rate coefficients have different values for a same reaction, calculation results were compared with experimental results. Then, we selected rate coefficients which show better agreement with the experimental results.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.30A no.7
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• pp.60-74
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• 1993

Experiments of RIE of tungsten films using SF$_{6}$ plasma were conducted to investigate the effect of process parameters on etch rate, uniformity, anisotropy, and selectivity. As power increased, the etch rate increased. Maximum etch rate was obtained at 200mtorr As interelectrode spacing increased the etch rate increased for P < 200mtorr while it decreased for P> 200mtorr. Etch rate was maximum at 20 sccm gas flow rate. As substrate temperature increased, the etch rate increased and activation energy was 0.046 eV. In addition, maximum etch rate was acquired at 20% $O_{2}$ addition. The etch rate slightly increased when Ar was added up to 20% while it continuously decreased when N$_{2}$ was added. Uniformity got improved as pressure decreased and was less than 4% for P <100mtorr. Mass spectrometer was utilized to analyze gas composition and S and F peaks were observed from XPS analysis with increasing power. The anisotropy was better for smaller power and spacing, and lower pressure and temperature. It improved when CH$_{4}$ was added and anisotropic etch profile was obtained when about 10% $O_{2}$ was added. The selectjvity was better for smaller power larger pressure and spacing, and lower temperature. Especially. low temperature processing was proposed as a novel method to improve the anisotropy and selectivity.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.36D no.1
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• pp.90-99
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• 1999

In this work, we consider the effect of the presheath on the ion angular distribution. The recent shows the ion-neutral collision in the presheath and the calculated energy flux with the ion angular distribution at the presheath edge in plasma reactor. We also propose a new approximation analytical model for the ion angular distribution and the energy flux distribution with ion temperature. The ion passing the presheath region, Shows a ion scattering effect without ion-neutral collisions. This because the kinetic energy by the ambipolar diffusion field is changed by the gas collision,. Using the proposed approximation analytical model, we show the simulated results of a deposit profile on variable trench shape.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.114-120
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• 2010

Conventional surface texturing in crystalline silicon solar cell have been use wet texturing by Alkali or Acid solution. But conventional wet texturing has the serious issue of wafer breakage by large consumption of wafer in wet solution and can not obtain the reflectance below 10% in multi crystalline silicon. Therefore it is focusing on RIE texturing, one method of dry etching. We developed large scale plasma RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) equipment which can accommodate 144 wafers (125 mm) in tray in order to provide surface texturing on the silicon wafer surface. Reflectance was controllable from 3% to 20% in crystalline silicon depending on the texture shape and height. We have achieved excellent reflectance below 4% on the weighted average (300~1,100 nm) in multi crystalline silicon using plasma texturing with gas mixture ratio such as $SF_6$, $Cl_2$, and $O_2$. The texture shape and height on the silicon wafer surface have an effect on gas chemistry, etching time, RF frequency, and so on. Excellent conversion efficiency of 16.1% is obtained in multi crystalline silicon by RIE process. In order to know the influence of RF frequency with 2 MHz and 13.56 MHz, texturing shape and conversion efficiency are compared and discussed mutually using RIE technology.